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National External Diploma Program (NEDP) Info. Session

Thu, Sep 21   6:00 pm to 7:15 pm   Virtual

Adults adult learning career hse nedp

Looking for a different way to earn your high school equivalency diploma? The National External Diploma Program could be right for you! Earn your HSE diploma within 6-9 months! Must be able to dedicate a minimum of 12 hours each week while...

National External Diploma Program (NEDP) Info. Session

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Introduction to Crochet: A 6-Week Series

Fri, Sep 22   10:30 am to 12:30 pm   Walt Whitman Library

Adults arts and crafts fiber arts knitting and crocheting

Learn to create a variety of shapes, textures, and projects with this six-week crochet class series, taught by fiber artist Rhiannon Platt. Students will start by learning the fundamentals of the stitches and pattern reading. Then, learn how to...

Introduction to Crochet: A 6-Week Series

Microsoft Excel Basics

Fri, Sep 22   11:00 am to 12:00 pm   Virtual

Adults adult learning computer programming techknowledge

Microsoft Excel Basics introduces new and returning spreadsheet users to the basics of storing, managing and analyzing data in a spreadsheet document. This lesson covers the core features of Microsoft Excel 2010.

The topics covered in...

Microsoft Excel Basics

Computers For First Timers

Fri, Sep 22   11:00 am to 12:00 pm   Paerdegat Library

Adults adult learning computer basics

Learn how to navigate computers and crush the digital divide.

Computers For First Timers

Tai Chi Exercise

Fri, Sep 22   11:00 am to 12:00 pm   Gerritsen Beach, Large Meeting Room

Adults adult learning health and wellness move to learn

Learn Tai Chi exercises to maintain health and wellness.

Tai Chi Exercise

Hotspot & Chromebook Return

Fri, Sep 22   12:00 pm to 2:00 pm   Kensington Library

Adults discount internet home internet discount hotspot Laptop Loan

The Laptop & Hotspot Loan program has come to an end, and the time has come to return your devices.

Come in to the library and ask a staff member for assistance returning your laptop and hotspot.

(NOTE: If you received a...

Hotspot & Chromebook Return

Open Garden Hours

Fri, Sep 22   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Greenpoint, Demonstration Garden

Adults after school gardening

Check out what's growing in our rooftop Demonstration Garden during our Friday open garden hours! 

Things you can do: Observe, touch, and smell the plants  Think about what you would cook with these plants  Look and...
Open Garden Hours

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Shape Up NYC @ Macon Library

Sat, Sep 23   10:15 am to 12:00 pm   Macon Library

Adults health and wellness Healthy Communities

This circuit training class combines bodyweight resistance training and conditioning to provide you with a dynamic full body workout. Whether you are a beginner and need to learn proper form or know your way around the gym and looking for a...

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Shape Up NYC @ Macon Library

Citizenship Exam Prep Group

Sat, Sep 23   10:30 am to 12:00 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library, Pineapple Meeting Room

Adults citizenship

Join us at Brooklyn Heights to study for the U.S. Citizenship Exam! 

Free No registration required Meets every week

Visit www.bklynlibrary.org/citizenship to see the schedule of all Brooklyn Public Library Citizenship Exam Prep...

Citizenship Exam Prep Group

Hospitality Front Desk Representative Certification Training Cancelled

Sat, Sep 23   10:30 am to 11:30 am   Virtual

Adults community partner hse

First impressions starts with you! Are you interested in earning a nationally recognized hospitality front desk representative certification? Join our session to learn how you can learn the necessary skills to manage, solve problems, and handle...

Hospitality Front Desk Representative Certification Training

Career Resources @ BPL: Training, Skills, and More

Sat, Sep 23   11:00 am to 12:00 pm   Macon, The Fireplace

Adults adult learning career

Join us at Macon Library for a dive into the knowledge and skills available through BPL, both in-person and online.

Powerful tools such as Brainfuse and Firsthand can provide you with the tools you need to understand your career path and...

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Career Resources @ BPL: Training, Skills, and More

Knitting Circle

Sat, Sep 23   1:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library, Craft Room

Adults arts and crafts knitting and crocheting

Join a social circle where we can learn new skills from each other based on our own expeirences in knitting, crochet and hand-sewing. This program is not led by an instructor.

Meet up with other knitters or crocheters for self-...

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Knitting Circle

Instant Shakespeare Presents: Merchant of Venice

Sat, Sep 23   1:00 pm to 4:30 pm   Walt Whitman Library

Adults all ages performance

The Instant Shakespeare Company, whose motto is "Shakespeare for Everyone!", presents annual free readings of ALL of Shakespeare's plays. Join us for various readings. Select Saturdays 1PM.

Everyone is welcome to join.

Saturday,...

Instant Shakespeare Presents: Merchant of Venice

Narcotics Anonymous

Sat, Sep 23   1:45 pm to 4:45 pm   Stone Avenue Library

Adults Healthy Communities

Narcotics Anonymous (NA), founded in 1953, describes itself as a "nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. Narcotics Anonymous uses a 12-step model developed for people with varied...

Narcotics Anonymous

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Brooklyn Borough President Constituent Services

Mon, Sep 25   10:00 am to 4:00 pm   East Flatbush Library

Adults Civic Engagement community partner

Do you need the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President to advocate or contact a city agency on your behalf?

Speak with the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President Constituent Services Center in-person at East Flatbush Library on Monday,...

Brooklyn Borough President Constituent Services

Microsoft Excel Basics

Mon, Sep 25   11:00 am to 12:00 pm   Virtual

Adults adult learning computer programming techknowledge

Microsoft Excel Basics introduces new and returning spreadsheet users to the basics of storing, managing and analyzing data in a spreadsheet document. This lesson covers the core features of Microsoft Excel 2010.

The topics covered in...

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Microsoft Excel Basics

Resume & Cover Letter Help

Mon, Sep 25   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Macon, The Fireplace

Adults business career resume

Get help with your resume, cover letter, or career-related questions live with a librarian! Participants will receive up to 20 minutes of feedback and guidance.

Stop by the library and fill out our sign-up sheet. Make sure to bring...

Resume & Cover Letter Help

Gerritsen Beach Talks Books: The Light Pirate

Mon, Sep 25   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Gerritsen Beach Library

Adults book club book discussion

Do you love talking about books? Join us as we discuss:

The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton

Monday, Sept 25, at 2PM

@Gerritsen Beach Library

Books are available at the Gerritsen Beach Library...

Gerritsen Beach Talks Books: The Light Pirate

Kitchen Container Distribution

Mon, Sep 25   3:00 pm to 5:45 pm   Crown Heights Library

Adults Civic Engagement community partner

Learn helpful tips and best practices from a DSNY representative for using your building's brown bin when curbside composting service begins in Brooklyn on October 2nd.  We will also be giving away free Kitchen Containers and paper lawn...

Kitchen Container Distribution

Drop In Resume & Career Help (Brooklyn Heights)

Mon, Sep 25   4:00 pm to 5:30 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library, Pineapple Meeting Room

Adults career resume

Get free one-on-one resume help, education and career advice, interviewing prep, LinkedIn profile tips, and more with help from a Job Information Resource Librarian.

Please call the branch to confirm the times above, as they are subject...

Drop In Resume & Career Help (Brooklyn Heights)

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Brooklyn Supports

Tue, Sep 26   1:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Greenpoint Library

Adults adult learning community partner health and wellness Healthy Communities

Join us for coffee and connections to social support resources and benefits assistance.

Services will cover housing, employment, substance recovery, and more.

All are welcome. We hope to see you there!

Brooklyn Supports

Peace by Piece: Puzzle Workshop

Tue, Sep 26   1:00 pm to 7:30 pm   Walt Whitman Library

Adults arts and crafts humanities and art teen time

Come and enjoy a jigsaw puzzle to relax your mind. Take five minutes or an hour and help complete a puzzle. We'll have the puzzle out all day Tuesday and Wednesday during open hours.

Peace by Piece: Puzzle Workshop

BPL Home Internet Access Program (East Flatbush)

Tue, Sep 26   1:00 pm to 5:00 pm   East Flatbush Library

Adults benefit assistance discount internet home internet discount techknowledge

Join us to learn more about the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and how you can receive $30 off your internet service each month!! 

You qualify for the discount if:

You use one of these programs: ...

BPL Home Internet Access Program (East Flatbush)

Free English Class

Tue, Sep 26   1:30 pm to 3:00 pm   Greenpoint, Eco Lab 2

Adults english conversation group ESOL

The library offers free ESOL classes for beginners learning English.

Classes meet every week Improve your English Practice with other adults learning English

No registration required.

Please call 718.230.2007 or email...

Free English Class

Microsoft Word 2016 Basics

Tue, Sep 26   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Kensington Library

Adults adult learning techknowledge

Microsoft Word Basics introduces new and returning word users to the basics of using, creating, editing and publishing office documents. This lesson covers the core features of Microsoft Word 2016.

Microsoft Word 2016 Basics

Resume Help

Tue, Sep 26   2:00 pm to 4:00 pm   East Flatbush Library

Adults adult learning career

Would you like one-on-one assistance with your resume, cover letter, or preparing for a job interview? What about all three? Drop in, sign up, or call ahead to the East Flatbush branch to schedule an appointment with a librarian who can help you ...

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Resume Help

Movies @ the Library

Tue, Sep 26   2:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Homecrest, Meeting Room

Adults movies movies at the library techknowledge

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) 1 hr. 53 min.         September 26, 2023

A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork but may have met his match in a seductive detective.

...

Movies @ the Library

Ask A Tech

Tue, Sep 26   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Saratoga Library

Adults techknowledge

Do you have a specific question about how to use computers or find your way around the internet?   No time to attend a formal class? Join our Ask A Tech program for personalized assistance.

Ask A Tech

Culture Pass Reservations 101

Tue, Sep 26   5:00 pm to 5:45 pm   Saratoga Library

Adults Culture Pass

Adult Librarian Donald Peebles (Saratoga) will introduce patrons to using their library cards to reserve free tickets to NYC's most exciting cultural sites.

Culture Pass Reservations 101

Keep Calm and Carry Yarn

Tue, Sep 26   5:30 pm to 7:30 pm   Greenpoint Library

Adults arts and crafts fiber arts knitting and crocheting

Join a group of like-minded knitters and crocheters (or even cross-stitch or embroidery!) for an hour of friendship and community. Bring your handwork project to show off or get advice.

Teaching is available for beginning knitting or...

Keep Calm and Carry Yarn

Friends of Greenpoint Library Meeting

Tue, Sep 26   6:00 pm to 7:00 pm   Greenpoint Library

Adults Friends of the Library

Have ideas on how to make the branch a better place? Want to support the branch through advocacy and fundraising? Come and join the Friends of Greenpoint Library and help us plan and support our upcoming events! Bring your time and talent, and...

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Friends of Greenpoint Library Meeting

Yoga with Jack @ Fort Hamilton

Tue, Sep 26   6:00 pm to 7:30 pm   Fort Hamilton Library

Adults health and wellness Healthy Communities yoga and meditation

Join us for Yoga at Fort Hamilton Enjoy the pleasure of moving your body, safely, under expert guidance. Feel your blood move and your heart beat. Laugh and have fun learn new things and make friends in a safe and relaxing environment....

Yoga with Jack @ Fort Hamilton

Reading Club for Adults: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Tue, Sep 26   6:00 pm to 7:15 pm   Crown Heights Library

Adults book club book discussion

We can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become?

In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a black cake, made from a family recipe...

Reading Club for Adults: Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Astronomy Night: Rooftop Stargazing

Tue, Sep 26   6:00 pm to 7:30 pm   Greenpoint Library

Adults astronomy

Please note that program will be cancelled in case of forecasted clouds, rain, snow or poor visibility.

Want to learn more about what we can see in the night sky? What can we see in an urban environment with light pollution? Plenty!...

Astronomy Night:  Rooftop Stargazing

LGBTQ+ Adult Book Club/Discussion: Gay Bar by Jeremy Atherton Lin

Tue, Sep 26   6:30 pm to 7:30 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library, Craft Room

Adults book club book discussion humanities and art LGBTQ

Looking to meet other LGBTQ+ folks? Join our discussion of Gay Bar: Why We Went Out by Jeremy Atherton Lin. We meet every month to discuss an LGBTQ+ work.

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LGBTQ+ Adult Book Club/Discussion: Gay Bar by Jeremy Atherton Lin

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Peace by Piece: Puzzle Workshop

Wed, Sep 27   10:00 am to 5:30 pm   Walt Whitman Library

Adults arts and crafts humanities and art teen time

Come and enjoy a jigsaw puzzle to relax your mind. Take five minutes or an hour and help complete a puzzle. We'll have the puzzle out all day Tuesday and Wednesday during open hours.

Peace by Piece: Puzzle Workshop

Bookmobile @ Hillel Place

Wed, Sep 27   11:00 am to 4:00 pm   Hillel Place

Adults bookmobile BPL Outdoors

Brooklyn Public Library & Clarendon Branch Staff invite you to join them at Hillel Place throughout the Summer of 2023!

Members of the team will provide reference services, patrons towards library and community resources.  There...

Bookmobile @ Hillel Place

Ask a Tech

Wed, Sep 27   11:00 am to 12:00 pm   Kensington Library

Adults adult learning computer basics techknowledge

Do you have a specific question about how to use computers or find your way around the Internet? No time to attend a formal class?

Join our Ask a Tech program for personalized assistance.

If you need additional help or can’t make...

Ask a Tech

Microsoft Excel Basics

Wed, Sep 27   11:00 am to 12:00 pm   Virtual

Adults adult learning computer programming techknowledge

Microsoft Excel Basics introduces new and returning spreadsheet users to the basics of storing, managing and analyzing data in a spreadsheet document. This lesson covers the core features of Microsoft Excel 2010.

The topics covered in...

Register
Microsoft Excel Basics

Hotspot & Chromebook Return

Wed, Sep 27   12:00 pm to 2:00 pm   Kensington Library

Adults discount internet home internet discount hotspot Laptop Loan

The Laptop & Hotspot Loan program has come to an end, and the time has come to return your devices.

Come in to the library and ask a staff member for assistance returning your laptop and hotspot.

(NOTE: If you received a...

Hotspot & Chromebook Return

NYC Housing Connect Application Assistance

Wed, Sep 27   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Saratoga Library

Adults techknowledge

Do you need assistance with finding and applying for affordable rentals and homeownership opportunities? We are here to help! NYC Housing Connect is your portal to find and apply for affordable rentals and homeownership...

NYC Housing Connect Application Assistance

Fiber Art: Crochet

Wed, Sep 27   4:00 pm to 5:30 pm   East Flatbush, Small Conference Room

Adults adult learning arts and crafts fiber arts

Fiber Art for Adults

Fiber Art: Crochet

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Email Basics

Thu, Sep 28   11:00 am to 12:00 pm   Saratoga Library

Adults techknowledge

Email Basics will teach new users the basics of email, as well as understanding its uses, services and properties. This lesson will cover:

 

What is email and why use it?

The various types of email providers available...

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Email Basics

Ask- A- Tech

Thu, Sep 28   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   East Flatbush Library

Adults adult learning computer basics techknowledge

Having trouble with your technology devices? Do you need help accessing websites and applications?   We are offering classes to help you become Tech savvy with your devices and computers.  Bring yourself and your devices, if...

Ask- A- Tech

Resume Help

Thu, Sep 28   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Paerdegat Library

Adults resume

Resume and Career Help is offered on a first come first serve basis Thursday afternoons from 3 PM to 4 PM.
Services offered :
Review your resume and/ or cover letter, offer advice, and suggest edits
Answer questions about job...

Resume Help

Composting in NYC with Big Reuse

Thu, Sep 28   3:00 pm to 6:00 pm   Macon Library

Adults Branches in Bloom community partner environment gardening

Learn about DSNY's curbside composting program with the non-profit organization, Big Reuse!

Big Reuse will provide information on how to receive a free brown bin, what compost is, how to start composting at home, and how to use compost!...

Composting in NYC with Big Reuse

Curbside Composting 101 with DSNY

Thu, Sep 28   4:00 pm to 7:00 pm   East Flatbush Library

Adults adult learning Branches in Bloom gardening

Come chat with the team of DSNY Big Reuse to learn more about the free brown curbside composting bins coming to Brooklyn October 2nd! Sign up for a brown bin, learn more about food scrap composting, and take home lawn bags and 1 lb....

Curbside Composting 101 with DSNY

Monthly Health Screening with One Brooklyn Health Cancelled

Thu, Sep 28   4:30 pm to 7:00 pm   Eastern Parkway Learning Center

Adults adult learning health and wellness Healthy Communities

Please join us the last Thursday of each month for Monthly Health Screenings with One Brooklyn Health

OBH is partnering with Brooklyn Public Library's Literacy Zone to provide monthly screenings for blood pressure, diabetes...

Monthly Health Screening with One Brooklyn Health

Seed Saving Workshop with Roots Unbound

Thu, Sep 28   6:00 pm to 7:30 pm   Greenpoint, Demonstration Garden

Adults adult learning community partner environment gardening

In our seed-saving workshop, participants will learn how to save and store seeds from plants for future use. This can help preserve plant biodiversity and ensure a sustainable food supply. Participants can learn about different methods of seed...

Seed Saving Workshop with Roots Unbound

Creative Writing Workshop Cancelled

Thu, Sep 28   6:00 pm to 7:00 pm   Macon, Small Auditorium

Adults creative aging creative writing writing workshop

Join fellow writers and hone your craft with a writing workshop open to all adults in any genre or discipline. Bring your work or start something fresh with exercises and prompts provided. Share your work and take it home for more exploration....

Creative Writing Workshop

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